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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
3
A frustrated stage chorus rehearses under a harsh manager while Grace Tremaine wrestles with city temptations and poverty. A letter from her parents beckons home, and a country merchant wins her heart, ending in a quiet departure from theater life.
The Porto Rican census shows 953,243 inhabitants with a density of 264 per square mile, highlighting rural farming dominance and limited urban concentration. It notes historical Spanish colonization, land grants, and future potential from governance, education, and commerce. Also described is a tiny Bartin watch with astonishing micro-mechanics, cost around £2400.
W. D. Oldham of Nebraska stands out as a leading western politician at the Kansas City convention. Renowned as a strong public speaker with evangelistic cadence and plainspoken wit, he has twice served on the national delegation and previously joined a contested delegation that was shut out in Chicago. He is tall, heavily built, and known for homely dress, often mistaken for a cowboy or farmer.
The Philadelphia Times laments a new microbe hazard dubbed the doorknob menace. It hides in plain sight at home doors and exposes people to unseen dangers, discouraging nighttime returns and prompting calls for swift remedies.
Susan Fowler, 76, Vineland New Jersey, known as the original bloomer girl, plows and farms in reform dress, a carpenter and lecturer who lives alone and favors Christian Science. Also noted is Miss Margaret Ingels of Paris Kentucky a 1896 political speaker prepping a western tour for the Democratic ticket.
A witty fashion note describes the messenger boy jacket in satin face cloths, with dark blue or blue-gray colors and a Tommy Atkins red version. The tailored, hip-length coat features close stitching, a curved silhouette, braid on the front and collar, and ten large front buttons.
A notice praising Japanese goods credits Japan with soft quilted jackets and dressing gowns of silk with floral embroidery. Red mandarin robes with gold circles and blue, trimmed in yellow, are highlighted as artistically noteworthy. Sleeve bands with fine Chinese embroidery are repurposed for waistcoats jackets and home adornments.
Arizona officers and cowboys pursue a Mexican gang of four fugitives who terrorized towns from Globe to Crown Point. The group robbed a gambler in Globe, held up a mail coach, and fled toward the Superstition range. Tracking led to Phoenix and Crown Point mountains where two ranchers were found murdered. The leader known as Pelelo or Pelelo Ghacon is said to be a feared outlaw with a deadly rifle.
Mrs. Shipley of Crawford County Indiana dies at about 40 after a dream of her husband marrying Miss Matilda Green. The dream involved a license and a wedding at the clerk’s office with Rev. Dalton officiating. Before dying she summoned Miss Green for a private farewell, then declined and faded away after ten days of illness with no physical ailment found.
Queen Victoria showed deep personal regard for her preachers. Dean Stanley first rose at court as Albert's chaplain and later joined the prince of Wales in the east after Albert's death. He offered quiet, loyal service during the sorrowful Windsor mourning week and strengthened a friendship that lasted until death.
Mima Orlav, a ninety two year old veteran of Russian theatre, recently graced the Cy stage in a charity performance. She is noted as the first actress to play Lady Macbeth and Ophelia in the Russian Tongzua Tit Bite production.
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